1966 – Membership peaked at 1645 Sisters
This picture recalls the early hours of January 31, 1951. On the coldest night in Halifax, Mount Saint Vincent Motherhouse burnt to the ground. [...]
Sisters were serving across Canada; in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire; and in Bermuda.
On the night of July 18th, a series of explosions sparked from a barge fire spread to the Canadian Ammunition Depot across the Bedford Basin from Mount Saint Vincent.
On May 22, 1927, a telegram from Reverent Mother General was received by Sister Elizabeth Seton, Superior of the Halifax Infirmary, calling her and [...]
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In 1887, seven Sisters of Charity, Halifax, arrived in Massachusetts at the request of Rev. Joseph Gallagher to assist with the opening of St. [...]
St. Patrick’s Convent, Roxbury, the 17th Mission of the Community, and the first established in the United States, was a response to the request [...]